Category Archives: Health

Hat & Vest

I extra-credit exercised. With veststrapped on I ambulated to the store.I even wore a tractor cap. It’s best,the doctor says: less hair these days means moreexposure to UV. I worked my chestand legs as well, till entering my door,I disengaged … Continue reading

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Glimpses into the Obvious

If I collect the stanzas labeled “aging,”I’ll have a chapbook I don’t want to read.For though I’m daily surveying and gaugingthe physical conditions that impedemy customary habits, and the bleedof dashing brain discernment, it’s enoughto jot and type and edit. … Continue reading

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More Living and Learning

At 3 or 4 a.m. the pain began.I woke aware of ache in my right arm.When no position worked, I did a scanof yesterday, and couldn’t pinpoint harm –no fall or bump or twist or straining span.Then I remembered yoga … Continue reading

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Like a Dick

Be like a dick. I say this to attractattention. I don’t mean impoliticin attitude or speech or any act.Be like a dick. Be velvet over steel. No stab or prick,but with your center coursing firm, in fact,so able to stand … Continue reading

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Dubious

The test results are nothing scary yet.The liquid levels seem for now okay.And re: the scan, they opted to forgetthe number from a year ago. They say“recalibration,” but I think it maybe covering. I’m doubtful they are crooks,but faced with … Continue reading

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A Thigh Thing

I felt a novel ache in thigh last week –a hamstring thing I think that time will fix.But what do I know? Did I muscle tweak?Or does this come with seventy and six?Creative worry – do my vessels leak?Is this … Continue reading

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Hyperhydro

I overhydrated on Tuesday last.I had a blood draw per the doc’s demand.Instructions said to undergo a fast– not even tea or coffee their command.I drank hot water as the hours passedtill I could bare my arm. That’s how I … Continue reading

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Clear Coffee

I start each day with mugs of coffee still.I’m old, but it does not upset my gut.My hand may quiver some, but I don’t spillthe liquids I convey. I’m happy, butthree times a year or so I have to stillthe … Continue reading

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Elusion

It’s probable that I have ducked his cold.I saw him three days after symptoms reared.I didn’t wear a mask but didn’t holdhim in a sibling hug, and when he nearedI tried to sit at distance. I controlledaffection but concern of … Continue reading

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Anointment

I woke to feel decrepit in two joints.My left knee griped, and something in my wrist(the left as well) objected when it pointsup on the ulnar side. I made a fistand rested some, and as the day anointsme, as I … Continue reading

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